Weeds

I haven't been up at the plot much lately, and the weeds have crept up on me.  The grass verges are a foot high; the (very pretty) purple poppies that covered next-door-plot last year are popping, or perhaps poppying, up everywhere; the nettles are fighting back.  Today I earthed up the potatoes, all showing signs of life, and the asparagus; the crowns have all started to put out a shoot,.  Having cleared out the last of the PSB, I sowed dwarf French beans (Lingue di Fuoco, which have pretty red pods), mange tout, orach (or German spinach, which can be used in salad or cooked), and more rows of beetroot, carrots and radishes.  Most of the seeds sown in April are up, but tiny, presumably because of lack of water; this week is expected to be hot, so I'll need to get back into the post-work watering routine.  The early broad beans are in flower, and there are four gooseberries on the bush, so I can look forward to a very small crumble next month.